Abid Bashir
Srinagar (NVI): Jammu and Kashmir recorded two more Covid-19 deaths in the last 24 hours, taking the total death toll to 43 in the Union Territory.
Among the two deaths, one was a CRPF man posted in South Kashmir’s Anantnag district and died at SKIMS Soura and the other was a civilian from Khanyar area of Srinagar who also breathed his last in a Srinagar hospital.
Medical Superintendent SKIMS, Soura, Farooq Ahmed Jan, said that a CRPF man with underlying illness was admitted in the hospital on June 4. “His samples were taken and he had tested positive for the virus. His condition deteriorated early this morning after which he died.”
Assistant Commandant and CRPF spokesman for (Operations) in Kashmir, Junaid Khan said, “The deceased CRPF man was sick from sometime. He was posted with the 90th battalion in South Kashmir’s Anantnag district.”
This is reportedly the first coronavirus death in paramilitary CRPF, in Kashmir, since the outbreak of pandemic.
In addition to this, a Srinagar man, who had met with an accident and was first admitted at SMHS, he was later shifted to CD hospital Srinagar after testing positive, breathed his last today morning.
Saleem Tak, Medical Superintendent CD hospital, confirmed that a 35-year-old male has died of Covid infection at CD hospital in the wee hours. “He was an accident patient and had transmitted the virus,” the MS said.
With two fresh deaths, the number of COVID deaths in J&K have reached 43 — 38 from Kashmir (including a non-local resident and a CRPF personnel) and five from Jammu division.
